Home Events DSSS Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series (DSSS) DSSS - Haplotype effects on gene expression and the evolution of complex traits Date: Apr 23, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Greg Gibson Professor of Biology and Director of the Center for Integrative Genomics at Georgia Tech Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - The mechanisms and their evolvability: linking the micro- to macroevolutionary biology Date: Apr 30, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Mihaela Pavličev Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Vienna Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - Stomatal Heat Response Network that Controls Heat-Dependent Plant Water Loss and Interactions with Stomatal CO2 Sensor Date: May 4, 2026 Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Julian Schröder University of California, San Diego, School of Biological Sciences Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - Living in a toxic world: Interoceptive mechanisms of salt-sensing in C. elegans Date: May 7, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Piali Sengupta Department of Biology, Brandeis University, USA Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - The (epi)genetics underlying biochemical plant-organismic interactions Date: May 11, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Claude Becker Genetics, LMU Munich Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Jul 2, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Janusz M. Bujnicki International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Warsaw Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] 5th International Pristionchus Meeting Start: Jul 6, 2026 End: Jul 7, 2026 Speaker: Prof. Paul W. Sternberg Caltech Location: Max-Planck-Haus, Max-Planck-Ring 6, 72076 Tübingen [more] DSSS - tba Date: Jul 9, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Maria Barna Genetics Department, Stanford University Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Jul 16, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Daniel Cadena Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Jul 23, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - Pattern Recognition Receptor signalling: seeing and responding to danger Date: Jul 30, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Clare Bryant Professor of Innate Immunity, University of Cambridge, UK Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Sep 17, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Aurora Ruiz-Herrera Moreno UAB Barcelona Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Sep 24, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Laurie Comstock Department of Microbiology, University of Chicago Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Oct 1, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Judith Berman Dept. of Molecular Microbiology & Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Oct 8, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Liam Dolan ÖAW Austrian Academy of Sciences Location: MPI für Biologie, Max-Planck-Ring 5, room 0A01 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Oct 15, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Sophie Martin Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Geneva Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Nov 12, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Cassandra Extavour Harvard University Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Nov 26, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Dec 3, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Christine Moissl-Eichinger Medical University of Graz, Austria Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Dec 10, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Lora Sweeney Institute of Science and Technology Austria Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Dec 17, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more]
